Laundry-tray supply.



G. B. LEGG.

LAUNDRY TRAY SUPPLY. APPLICATION FILED OCT-11.1916. RENEWED AUG. 21. I91].

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GEORGE BYRON LEGG, or 12122123011 MICHIGAN.

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. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Application filed October 11, 1916, Serial No. 125,003. Renewed August 27, 1917. Serial No. 188,480.

To all whom it may concern 4 Be it known that I, GEORGE BYRON LEGG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Laundry-Tray Supplies, of which the following is a specification. v

. My present invention relates to laundry tray supplies, that is, conducting means for hot and coldwater particularly well adapted for use in operative relation to laundry trays and for connecting with the usual leads from the hot and cold water systems.

It isnow common practice to instal laundry trays with the supply pipes strapped to a board disposed above and at the rear of the trays, which is unsatisfactory since the wood rots andis rated unsanitary. When it is desired to set the tray at a substantial distance, say fifteen or eighteen inches, or more, from the wall, so as to position the trays in a section of the laundry Which is well lighted, the installation is rendered expensive because of the numerous Ts, elbows, and pipe sections required, in addition to the time and labor incidental to installation.

One of the principal objects of my invention is therefore to provide supplies for laundry trays Or other plumbing fixtures which require no wooden supports and which obviate the necessity of a number of pipe fittings and sections adjacent the trays, re-

ducing the initial cost and time and labor required for installation. 7

Laundry trays as now manufactured provide ways whereby the inlets or taps extend through the rear walls thereof, but which reduce the capacity of the traysinasmuch as it is objectionable to run the water with its surface above the egress openings of the taps; A board or strip of material is usually placed above supply p1pes arranged in this manner to give finish to the installation, but the boards are also apt to rot and become unsanitary. Therefore, another object of my invention is to provide supplies of the character described which may be mounted above or upon' the'rear walls of the'trays so that the taps are above the upper margins of the trays, and render the job neat in appearance without the use of concealing strips or houslDther obj ects'of my inventionwill appear in the following detailed description, taken in connectionwith the accompanyingdrawthe line 55 of Fig. 3, showing a tap in operative relation to one of the conduits.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 66 of Fig. 3, with tap in place.

- Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 3, showing one of the intermediate projections and a tap secured thereto.

In the drawing, where similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, A designates a laundry tray including the usual rear wall B; C a hot water supply pipe; D a cold water supply pipe; E a fixture supply embodying my invention and including a conduit F for hot water, and a conduit G for cold water; H a hot water inlet tap; and, J a cold water inlet tap.

Referring first to the conduit F, it is elongated to extend longitudinally of the tray A, and is preferably polygonal in cross section as clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing. Laterally extending projections 8, provided with tap openings 9, are preferably formed integral with the main body portion of the conduit, these extensions being in spaced relation. One end portion of the conduit is closed as at 10, and it is preferred to provide at the other end portion an ingress opening 11 for connection with the hot water supply pipe C.

eferrlng now to the conduit G, it is also elongated so as to extend longitudinally of the tray A, and is preferably formed polygonal in cross section and of substantially rectangular' outline, providing two legs 12 and 13, the leg 12 overlying the conduit F and theleg 13 fronting the same. Ways 1% are provided inthe leg 13 for the reception of the projections 8 of the conduit F, or so as to expose the tap openings 9 of the conduit F to the front of the supply. The conduit G is also provided with tap openings 15 in ture.

'ings 15 of conduit G with respect to the ways 14 that when the conduits are in assembled relation one to the other, the tap openings 15 of conduit G alternate with the tap openings 9 of conduit F. By this arrangement, when the supply is disposed in operative relation to the laundry tray, the egress for the hot water will have the same relative position with respect to one section of the laundry tray as the hot water egress is disposed with respect to the other section of the laundry tray.

In disposing the supply in operative relation to the plumbing fixture, as in the example shown, it may rest upon the rear-wall B or may be disposed thereabove. The conduit G conceals or protects the conduit F which latter is preferably connected with the supply pipe G for hot water, and in this way, injury as by burning, is prevented if the hot water is of high degree of tempera- The taps H and J are turned into their respective tap openings and it is to be observed that all of the taps are in substantially the same plane. The upper portion of the conduit G provides a ledge or shelf adjacent the laundry tray, giving finish to the same, and if desired, the supply may be placed to the rear of the tray, bringing the top face of the, supply adjacent the top margin of the rear wall B.

l/Vhile I have herein shown the supply as disposed into operative relation to a laundry tray, it is to be understood that the invention is, applicable to other types of plumbing fixtures, which are elongated and pro- .vided with a plurality of compartments to each receive hot and cold water.

Changes in details may be made without departingfrom the spirit or scope of my invention; but,

I claim l. A plumbing fixture supply comprising in combination, an elongated conduit having forwardly extending projections provided with tap openings, and a second elongated conduit provided with front tap openings and formed to overlie the top and front of said first conduit, the second conduit having ways to receive the said projections of said first conduit whereby to expose all of-the tap' openings at the front of the supply.

2. As an article of manufacture, a plumbing fixture supply comprising a pair of independent interfitting hollow castings having. supply pipe receiving openings and formed to inclose one of the castings within the other, the inner casting having lateral projections and the outer casting having ways to receive the projections, the outer casting and said projections having alternately arranged tap-receiving openings therein.

3. A plumbing fixture supply comprising in combination, an elongated conduit including laterally extending projections provided with tap openings, and a secondelongated conduit provided with lateral tap openings and formed to overlie the top and front of said first conduit, and provided with ways to receive the said projections of said first conduit exposing all of the tap openings at the front of the supply, the tap openings and ways of said second conduit alternating. to hold the conduit in interfitting relation.

4:. A plumbing fixture supply comprising in combination, an elongated conduit including laterally extending projections provided with tap openings, said conduit closed at one end and provided with an-ingress opening at its other end, and a second elongated conduit provided with lateral tap openings and formed to engage the front of said first conduit to house the same and having ways to receive the said projections of said conduit, whereby to expose all of the tap openings at the front of the supply.

5. A plumbing fixture supply comprising in combination, an elongated conduit having forwardly extending projections providedwith tap openings, said conduit being closed at one end and provided with an ingress opening at its other end, and a second elongated conduit closed at one end and provided with an ingress opening at its other end and having lateral tap openings, said second conduit formed to overlie the top and front of said first conduit and having ways to receive the said projections of saidfirst conduit, whereby to expose all of the tap openings at the front of the supply. 7

6. The combination with a plumbing fixture including a water-receiving receptacle adapted to be installed adjacent to a wall, of a supply including a hot water conduit adapted to rest on the upper edge-of said GEORGEBYRON ass.

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